"Roberts says God forced his resignation"

[GreenPartyVoter]

Source: AP

TULSA, Okla. - Richard Roberts told students at Oral Roberts University Wednesday that he did not want to resign as president of the scandal-plagued evangelical school, but he did so because God insisted.

God told him on Thanksgiving that he should resign the next day, Roberts told students in the university's chapel.

"Every ounce of my flesh said 'no'" to the idea, Roberts said, but he prayed over the decision with his wife and his father, Oral Roberts, and decided to step down.

Roberts said he wanted to "strike out" against the people who were persecuting him, and considered countersuing, but "the Lord said, 'don't do that,'" he said.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071128/ap_on_re_us/oral_roberts_scandal

[Solly Mack]

1. LMAO

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Hey, but he is at peace now

*shaking head*

[Solly Mack]

14. This is my favorite part

"God told him he would "do something supernatural for the university," if he stepped down "

[GreenPartyVoter]

15. Well, isn't that special?

[Gman]

17. What? Hit it with a plague of locusts?

how about a tornado or hurricane?

[balantz]

22. What the hell is "supernatural"?

[GreenPartyVoter]

27. A miracle

[balantz]

29. Oh you mean something extra special for his cheated flock?

So the man will call on his god to save his face for cheating? What kind of a statement is that? The miracle of life happens in every moment. Why would his flock want to be duped into believing that a distracting, out-of-this-world "miracle" will happen and make up for the harm done? I guess that kind of expectation is built into the belief system they uphold.

[GreenPartyVoter]

37. Pretty much, yeah

[mikeytherat]

45. Supernatural? Like this?

Didn't know they were such Santana fans at ORU.

mikey_the_rat

[acmavm]

48. A cd by Carlos Santana

[Turbineguy]

31. Maybe

he'll hit Pat Robertson with a lightning bolt.

That will help the university and entertain the rest of us.

[MisterP]

39. his stepping down IS that promised "something"; God don't seem to like the Roberts family...

[Javaman]

56. God just got back to him and said...

"roberts, your just a stubborn asshole and I had to say something to make you leave".

[NC_Nurse]

2. Did his wife hear it too?

Or is he just crazy? :eyes:

[KansDem]

61. Nah, He text-messaged her...(nt)

[dbackjon]

4. LMAO

:rofl: :rofl:

[Cooley Hurd]

5. ...and God forced his wife to bugger 19 year old students, also?

That's one crazy-ass God he has there...:crazy:

[mike_c]

6. I wonder what the voices will tell him next....

That is utterly insane.

[Botany]

7. The 12 commandments?

11 Your spouse shall not "doink" Frat Boys and then drive 'em around
in her convertible.

12 Do not bill a $25,000 spring vacation for your daughter to a University
that you are President of.

[jgraz]

8. And then God said:

"Dude, I did your wife too"

[Gormy Cuss]

9. ! :spray: n/t

[Hand]

19. Another keyboard shot to hell...

:spray:

[Frank Cannon]

49. HA HA HA HA

Thanks for starting my day off right.

:rofl:

[boricua79]

53. LOL

Now that's comedy!

[Stuckinthebush]

10. How do people not just look at this man and say to his face

"Oh, Jesus Christ! You lying sack of shit! Get thee behind me Satan!"

[superconnected]

13. I don't think he's lying. He believes it. He's craaaazzzy.

[southerncrone]

23. And the REALLY scary thing about this is......

"Roberts spoke only for a few minutes and was applauded and cheered by students." :wtf:

What kind of crazy nut-job youth is this place putting out to prey (pray) upon the rest of society!?!?!?

This country is officially INSANE! :crazy: There is no other explanation for the above actions.

HELP! HELP! HELP!:yoiks:

[LiberalFighter]

46. Those kids need to be sterilize so they don't pollute the gene pool further

[southerncrone]

57. AMEN!

:evilgrin:

[The Wielding Truth]

34. His lawyer is his God now.

What a laugh, maybe he can head to rehab with the rest of the GOP criminals.:puke:
:eyes:

[hisownpetard]

24. Same way that no one has said that to Bush in 7 years.

(Except for Keith O!)

[superconnected]

11. Absolutely amazing

Now if god would please tell the preznut to resign.

[opihimoimoi]

12. He is so full of Crap its pathetic....Blaming God will get him nowhere

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. It will get him places with conservative evangelicals

[opihimoimoi]

20. Thieves of a Feather Flock Together......May Roberts spend his last days in a friggen puka puka tent

puka...Hwn for hole....leaky hole....many leaky holes....

[theoldman]

18. I will bet that his lawyer and God agreed on this decision.

I just hope the school sues his ass off and takes some of that money back.

[gratuitous]

21. God, his lawyer, what's the difference?

Definitely the voice of a higher authority.

In defense of Roberts (yeah, I hear you), at least he didn't cling to his position like some other desperate jerks we could all name. Except for blaming God for his resignation, it's actually almost refreshing to see a conservative own up to his misdeeds and skedaddle with whatever honor he might still be able to scrape together.

[benld74]

25. SO the devil made him do it,

and the whole time God was telling him not to, but he didn't listen to God then and now he is? Is that what he is saying?

[hisownpetard]

26. But didn't God also tell him to take all the money and spend it on himself?

[Orsino]

28. It must be true, then: money talks.

I wonder if it appears as George Burns?

[olddad56]

30. I think God must have had a chat with Trent Lott the same day.

[sce56]

33. No he saw what Larry Flint is getting ready to serve up!

http://www.popcrunch.com/hustler-magazine-trent-lott-gay-sex-scandal/




Long time Mississippi senator Trent Lott resigned on Monday and a gay escort claims he knows exactly why. Gay prostitute Benjamin Nicholas claims he and Senator Lott have had a sexual affair.



But here’s a sample:

…His “stage name” is Benjamin Nicholas. One of the politicos Big Head DC has learned he’s alleged to have been involved with is the married Sen. Trent Lott, 66, who unexpectedly announced his retirement on Monday. Lott is well-known to have been against a plethora of gay rights issues throughout his terms in Congress. He was also good friends with Sen. Larry Craig throughout his time in Congress.

Nicholas told Big Head DC today via e-mail that he didn’t want to go on the record to talk about his dealings with Lott, because, said Nicholas, “Trent is going through his fair share of scrutiny right now and I don’t want to add to it.” However, e-mail and other records confirm that the two have met on at least two occasions.

“All I can say at this point is no comment,” Nicholas told us. “It’s the professional thing for me to do.”

[olddad56]

42. God sure does tell Larry Flynt some interesting stuff.

I hope God continues to talk with Larry.

[TexasLawyer]

32. For Jesus so loved the world...

...that he gave us the dinosaur and Richard Roberts-- then took them both away so that we might live in peace.

[Dukkha]

35. now that is the lowest pass the buck ever!

making God your patsy. what a fucking loser!

oh, and good riddance asshole!

[Anarcho-Socialist]

59. Agreed!

[Zorra]

36. Blaming God. A shrink would have a field day with dude. n/t

[xxqqqzme]

38. I think the Roberts' family should go shopping for a new God.

God threatened 'to take' Daddy Roberts a few years back, if he didn't come up w/ a few million. Now he makes demands on the second generation?

I don't know...I'd be checking out a creator catalog - maybe he can order online.

[IndianaGreen]

41. Perhaps they should accept the Flying Spaghetti Monster as their Lord and Saviour

FSM will place the noodly appendages on their foreheads and heal them.

[davidinalameda]

40. I'm willing to bet that God did talk to him

and said stop abusing and robbing people in God's name!

[Joe Bacon]

43. Oh, but Richard's God DID speak to him

And his God, Ayn Rand, said:

TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN!

[Jamastiene]

44. Another one bites the dust.

Thank you, God. Now, about Pat Robertson? Mind making him resign sometime soon? Pretty please? Amen.

[Vinca]

47. Anyone got God's telephone number?

I've got a list of fine Christians I'd like her to talk to.

[0007]

50. John Gotti's God was Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano

Perhaps Roberts was listening to "Sammy"?

[AngryOldDem]

51. News flash to Roberts....

...God don't like being played that way.

[boricua79]

52. proof of a smart God

the nerve of these false prophets...always claiming it was God that told them to do it.

If I tell you a green martian told me to leave a University, people would say I'm crazy. If I told you God told me to leave a University, I'd be lauded for heeding the commands of a greater being.

morans!

[sutz12]

54. Did God tell him to give the money back ? nt

[Eurobabe]

55. Was it a Jesus disguised as a Butterball that talked to him?

Hey, we've had visions of Mary on grilled cheese sandwiches, and Pope John Paul II effigy in flames, so why not Jesus as a turkey?

:shrug:

[opihimoimoi]

58. God told me the SOB is Lying thru his ASS...

[leftyladyfrommo]

60. Yea, Right. n/t

[WritersBlock]

62. Dear God, please have a word with Dick & George, too. Love, Planet Earth. n/t

[fascisthunter]

63. Always Blaming God

these people are sick. What cowards with no integrity at all.

[Neshanic]

64. "God told him on Thanksgiving" He obviously spoke through the turkey for maximum impact.

[KamaAina]

65. Are you there, God? It's me, KamaAina.

Could you please force Bush and Cheney to resign, too? Pleeeeeze?

[kurth]

66. He sure it wasn't Satan?